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Project Management Using Microsoft Project
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Appears: ewk means: Elapsed week
Material resource
Calendars to consider
ew (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Task Type
2. If '______________' isn't checked - for example - then you won't be able to set a style for critical tasks.
Terminal element
Critical Tasks
Form (Project 2010)
5 phases of project
3. Project Tab -> Change Working time. Define the actual 'hours' of work - which days work happens (weekends grayed out by default) - and 'exceptions' to standard work times. Work weeks tab present too.
WBS Code (Project 2010)
Manually
PDM
Calendar/ Working time (Project 2010)
4. Start date - Current date - finish date - status date - schedule from - calendar - & priority (with project pro). Enterprise custom fields here too - if you're hooked into enterprise.
mo (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Team Planner (Project 2010)
Timeline (Project 2010)
Project information dialog (Project 2010)
5. Two tasks vying for one resource - who wins?
Material resource
Customize 'Quick Access Tool Bar'
The task which has the LEAST slack is more important - Min-slack wins
'The 100% Rule'
6. Contains information relative to tasks.
Start to Finish (SF)
Form (Project 2010)
Splitting tasks (Project 2010)
Work Package (WBS)
7. Changing the working time in the 'details' section of the working time dialog won't change the default start time in the options -> scheduling settings. Try to keep these in sync.
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8. File -> Info -> Organizer. Access global mpt - delete views - etc. (ADD MORE)
Lead
Calendars to consider
RAM
Organizer (Project 2010)
9. Ensuring that the successor activity does not begin until after the predecessor activity is completed is implementing a start-to-finish (SF) model. This is the most logical path to follow when planning a project. Those in project management should be
Start to Finish (SF)
Show Assignment Units as (Project 2010)
Form (Project 2010)
Remaining Duration
10. No single activity or group of activities to produce a single deliverable should be more than 80 hours of effort.
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11. Hiding does not delete data. If you hide a column - data maintains - but to get it back - you'll need to right click - insert column.
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12. W = D + U Duration plus available resource units
Work
Duration
h (Abbreviations Project 2010)
eh (Abbreviations Project 2010)
13. To switch between ____________: (Project 2010) - Use the bottom-left icon. Use the ribbon. Task mode column in entry table. File -> options -> schedule.
Manual and Auto scheduled tasks
eh (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Critical Tasks
Task Type
14. The total direct and indirect costs incurred in accomplishing work on an activity during a given period.
Actual Cost
Fixed Work
Box Styles (Project 2010)
Project Files (Project 2010)
15. Appears: eday means: Elapsed day
ed (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Manually
WBS Work Breakdown Structure
Initializing a Project (Project 2010)
16. Project template (.mpt) - or Global MPT file. Drives what you see in the project. Corporations may have their own.
ew (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Template (Project 2010)
Initializing a Project (Project 2010)
Task Type
17. Matches the outline number initially in Project 2010. It is common for work breakdown structure elements to be numbered sequentially to reveal the hierarchical structure. For example 1.3.2 Rear Wheel identifies this item as a Level 3 WBS element - si
WBS Code (Project 2010)
m (Abbreviations Project 2010)
GO TO (Project 2010)
Splitting tasks (Project 2010)
18. Appears: min means: minute
m (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Lag
SNET
Timeline (Project 2010)
19. U = W / D Work divided by duration.
Lag
Units
Inspect feature (Project 2010)
'Hiding' columns (Project 2010)
20. Task ribbon -> 'inspect' button-> Inspect Task. It shows more details about highlighted task - including critical predecessor task. Very useful tool. Especially when resources are over allocated.
Organizer (Project 2010)
Team Planner (Project 2010)
Dialogs (Project 2010)
Inspect feature (Project 2010)
21. File -> info -> Project information -> advanced properties.
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22. Appears: ehr means: Elapsed hour
ed (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Start to Finish (SF)
eh (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Finish to Start
23. The number of resources required to get the tasks/assignments completed.
Start to Finish (SF)
Views (Project 2010)
RAM
Peak
24. Fixed Duration - Fixed Units - or Fixed Work. Described on page 72 of Project 2010 book.
Task Type
w (Abbreviations Project 2010)
PDM
Resource types
25. Vitally important. It shows how much time remains - which indicates whether or not tasks need to be re-planned.
Effort Driven
eh (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Calendars to consider
Remaining Duration
26. File -> Options -> Quick Access tool bar. Examples: Tables and Vies - good stuff.
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27. Tasks - resources - assignments - all have dialogs. Example: resource leveling. Project information dialog very important.
PDM
Dialogs (Project 2010)
Show Assignment Units as (Project 2010)
Duration
28. Focus on Gantt -> Format ribbon ->
Bar Style (Project 2010)
Drawing on Gantt (Project 2010)
Team Planner (Project 2010)
The task which has the LEAST slack is more important - Min-slack wins
29. An 'activity' - or 'task'. The bottom 'child' task - there's nothing underneath it. If there are sub-components - or 'children' tasks below a parent task - that parent task is a SUMMARY task.
Gantt Chart Wizard (Project 2010)
Logical Relationships in PDM
Work Package (WBS)
ed (Abbreviations Project 2010)
30. A logical relationship that states that for one project to begin - another must also be underway. For example - the writing of a business proposal must have begun in order for editing of the proposal to take place.
w (Abbreviations Project 2010)
The task which has the LEAST slack is more important - Min-slack wins
Finish to Start
Start to Start
31. Responsibility Assignment Matrix.
Organizer (Project 2010)
RAM
WBS Code (Project 2010)
Fixed Duration
32. Task calendar - resource calendar - base calendar.
Default view (Project 2010)
Working Time & 'Default' start/end time (Project 2010)
Material resource
Calendars to consider
33. Amendment to task type.
Effort Driven
Reccuring Tasks
Terminal element
DSM Design Structure Matrix
34. Task ribbon -> schedule section -> broken task icon. Reschedule incomplete work - etc.
m (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Splitting tasks (Project 2010)
Box Styles (Project 2010)
Form (Project 2010)
35. Create file. Set up file properties. Set a start date. Set up calendars and working time.
Dialogs (Project 2010)
w (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Initializing a Project (Project 2010)
Task Type
36. Always preserve the number of people working on a task. Changing units when fixed will impact duration.
Dialogs (Project 2010)
Fixed Units
m (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Show Assignment Units as (Project 2010)
37. Their purpose is to ORGANIZE. Summary tasks have work packages or other summary tasks which comprise the parent summary task. Summary tasks are NOT scheduled. The children tasks are what need to be scheduled.
Summary tasks (WBS)
Relationship Diagram (Project 2010)
Earned Value
WBS Code (Project 2010)
38. Shows closest thing to a 'resource gantt chart'. Shows tasks by resource. Also shows unassigned tasks - and unscheduled tasks. Allows for user-controlled scheduling.
Work Package (WBS)
Team Planner (Project 2010)
emo (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Splitting tasks (Project 2010)
39. .mpp file extension. The actual project file.
Project Files (Project 2010)
Lag
Work Package (WBS)
m (Abbreviations Project 2010)
40. The Precedence Diagram Method is a tool for scheduling activities in a project plan. It is a method of constructing a project schedule network diagram that uses boxes - referred to as nodes - to represent activities and connects them with arrows that
Start to Finish (SF)
Splitting tasks (Project 2010)
PDM
Work
41. 'Start no earlier than' constraint.
Default view (Project 2010)
SNET
DSM Design Structure Matrix
Calendar/ Working time (Project 2010)
42. Function key 5. You can go directly to ID - or 'date'.
Earned Value
ew (Abbreviations Project 2010)
GO TO (Project 2010)
Default view (Project 2010)
43. Two critical tasks - both same duration - vying for one resource - who wins?
Template (Project 2010)
Team Planner (Project 2010)
Task with first ID
Fixed Duration
44. ______ link Summary Tasks.
ed (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Project Files (Project 2010)
Initializing a Project (Project 2010)
Do not
45. The WBS contains 100% of the work defined by the project scope and captures all deliverables - internal - external - interim - in terms of the work to be completed - including project management.
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46. A compact - matrix representation of a system or project. The approach can be used to model complex systems in systems engineering or systems analysis - and in project planning and project management.
DSM Design Structure Matrix
m (Abbreviations Project 2010)
WBS Work Breakdown Structure
Organizer (Project 2010)
47. 1. Initiation 2. Planning 3. Execution 4. Monitoring & Control 5. Closing
5 phases of project
'80 hour rule'
Organizer (Project 2010)
Bar Style (Project 2010)
48. Gantt Chart -> Format -> Bar Styles segment -> format drop down. Adjust all aspects of the bars in the gantt.
Bar Style (Project 2010)
Calendars to consider
Effort Driven
Task with minimum duration
49. View -> Timeline check box. Shows timeline - but by default - nothing's on it. To add items - right click and 'add to timeline'.
Accessing 'Properties' (Project 2010)
emo (Abbreviations Project 2010)
Timeline (Project 2010)
Default view (Project 2010)
50. Can be added to the ribbon - and it walks user through formatting of the gantt chart. Pretty cool.
Gantt Chart Wizard (Project 2010)
Network Diagram best practices
Peak
Material resource